Corset



(No Model.)

E. POHL.

CORSET. No. 3 3,786. D

WITNESSES:

INVENTOR:

BY CAQ ATTORNEY.

N. PFIEns, Phow-mmgnphnr. washington, It'4 C,

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.UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EMILIE POI-IL, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

CORSET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 393,786, dated December4, 1888.

Application filed September 4, 1838. Serial No. 284,533. l (No model.)

To CLZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMILIE PonL, a citizen ol' the United States,residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Corsets, of which the following is aspecification.

Myinvention relates to improvements in corsets; and it consists in theconstruction and arrangementot parts, as will be hereinafter described,and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows the various pieces whichare used to make up one side or one half of a corset. Fig. 2 shows theone halt of the corset, and em.- braces the united pieces seen in Fig. 1Fig. 3 shows the one half of the corset finished.

The letter a designates the front steel-cover,

and l the metal fasteners, which are attached to the steel inclosed bysaid cover. Adjoining the front steel-cover, a, 'is the breastpiece l),having a straight edge, 2, and on the opposite edge a broadened point,3, which comes below the bosom-gore c. The two bosomgores c d, whichform the pocket, are separated at the front by the lirst straightoverlapping strip, e, which extends 'from top to bottom. I This strip eis duplicated, one being on the outer and the other on the innersurface. The central front piece, f, is broad at its top edge, 4, andbottom edge, 5, and curved inward at both edges, forming a narrowcentral part, (i, midway between the top and bottom.

One of the bosom-gores, d, is on and stitched to the outer surface ofone upper corner, 7, This piece and the breast-piece 7) are separated bythe first overlapping' strip, e, to the straight edges of which said twopieces f 72 'are attached. The

second straight overlapping strip, g, is in duplicate, like the firstone, and separates the central front piece, f, and the back hip-piece,

l 7i, the irregular curved edges otl these latter pieces being attachedto the straight edges of the strip g.

The back hip-piece, 7l, from. the top slightl)v tapers to a point, S,near the bottom, where it is narrowest, and from said point it widens,so as to produce a broad lower end, 9, to give the desired fullness overthe hips, The eyelet or back piece, fi, is straight and foldedlongitinlinalluv down its center and is attached to back hip-piece, 7i.All of the foregoing described parts are united, as shown in Eig. 2.

Two crossed strips,j 7;, each containing reeds or whalebones, arestitched to the outer surface of the central t'rontpiece, f, and twosimilar strips, 7m, are stitched to the outer surface ot' the backhip-piece, 71,. This completes one halt' ot' thc corset, and the otherhalt (not shown) is like it.

Having described my invention, l claim- A corset consisting of twoparts, each of which is composed of the front steel-cover, a, havingstraight edges, the breast-piece I, having a straight edge adjacent tothe cover c, an d a broadened point, i3, opposite said straight edge,the bosom-gores c and C7, overlapping strip e, extending from top tobottom and between the gores c C7, theycentral front piece, jbroadenedat top and bottoni and curved inward at both side edges, forming anarrow centra-l part, the overlapping strip g, having straight edges andextending from top to bottom, the back hip-piece, 71, tapering from topto near the bottom, which latter is broadened, and the folded eyelet orback piece, yi, said parts being combined substantially as described.

In testimony whereof` I aitix in v signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

, IWIILIE PQIII..

Witnesses:

JOHN E. Monats, J No. T. MADDOX.

